“What did the historical Jesus teach in comparison with what the historical Paul taught?… Jesus taught that to escape judgment a person must keep the central teachings of the Jewish Law as he, Jesus himself, interpreted them. Paul, interestingly enough,… Read More ›
Part one of two part debate on January 19 & 20, 2012. New Testament scholars Bart D. Ehrman and Craig A. Evans took part in two debate/dialogues on the topic: “Does the New Testament present a reliable portrait of the… Read More ›
Luke does not share Mark’s view that Jesus’ death brought about an atonement for sins. In Mark’s Gospel Jesus spoke of his coming death as bringing salvation: “The Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and… Read More ›
The following article is reproduced from the Facebook page of Dr Bart D. Ehrman, a leading American New Testament scholar. Ehrman’s work focuses on textual criticism of the New Testament, the historical Jesus, and the development of early Christianity. Those of you who… Read More ›
From The Bart Ehrman Blog: QUESTION: Recently you mentioned that your early work involved analysing patristic citations of the New Testament. I believe it has been said that virtually all of the NT could be recreated from such mentions if… Read More ›
QUESTION: You mention in your book Forgeries and Counter Forgeries that John most likely did not write the Gospel attributed to him as he almost certainly could not write in Greek. I seem to remember you writing that the Greek of that… Read More ›
Bart Ehrman posted this on his Facebook page. The title above and the bold highlights below are mine. For the complete article visit Facebook. In my previous post I started to explain why, based on the testimony of Paul, it… Read More ›
The Qur’an makes a very interesting claim: ‘God has sealed them [the Jews] in their disbelief, so they believe only a little – and because they disbelieved and uttered a terrible slander against Mary, and said, ‘We have killed the… Read More ›
Source: The Bart Ehrman Blog: The History & Literature of Early Christianity Does a person need to “have the Holy Spirit” in order to interpret the Bible? And does the Gospel of John give a historically accurate accounting of the… Read More ›
This fascinating post just uploaded on Facebook by Bart D Ehrman (an American New Testament scholar) discusses the problem of forgeries in the Bible and being seen as an “enemy” of the Christian faith. _____________________________________________ This will be a very… Read More ›
In January 2016, Bart D. Ehrman gave three separate lectures to attendees, a series that highlighted his book, “How Jesus Became God.” Rev. Megan Smith opened each session for the local parishioners and pastoral staff at Coral Gables Congregational Church… Read More ›
